Jan Greenberg, Author, Sandra Jane Jordan, Author, DK Publishing, Author DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) $19.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-7894-2677-2
Architectural maverick Gehry is both subject and inspiration for this visual feast by accomplished biographers Greenberg and Jordan (Chuck Close: Up Close). Mirroring the architect's vision of life and buildings as chaotic, the book's layout jumbles
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Jan Greenberg, Author, Romare Bearden, Illustrator . Abrams $17.95 (52p) ISBN 978-0-8109-4589-0
From the first spread, Greenberg (without frequent collaborator Sandra Jordan) draws readers into a dynamic portrait of African-American painter and collage artist Romare Bearden. "Painted paper scissored into shapes. Scraps of fabric. Hands cut
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Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan. Roaring Brook/Porter, $17.99 (56p) ISBN 978-1-59643-810-1
Any man who names his children Leo, Clo, Lio, Oto, Flo, Zio, Ojo, and Geo is a man worth a second look. Born just before the Civil War, George E. Ohr brought his quirky sense of humor to his pottery workshop in Biloxi, Miss., and to everything he...
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Jan Greenberg, Author, Sandra Jordan, Author, Sandra Jane Jordan, Joint Author ABRAMS $19.95 (80p) ISBN 978-0-8109-4237-0
In the same vein as their examinations of Chuck Close, Frank Gehry and Vincent Van Gogh, Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan's Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois deftly juxtaposes art criticism and biography. Drawing on original interviews and
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Jan Greenberg, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $14 (153p) ISBN 978-0-374-32237-3
Roxie remembers when her father was alive and her mother whole. That's what makes now so impossibleno father and endless battles with a mother rendered almost mute by a stroke. She envies her friend Gloria Stern and her family, with their penchant...
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Jan Greenberg, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $14 (147p) ISBN 978-0-374-36198-3
The author of Exercises of the Heart writes again of a communication breakdown between mother and daughter, but this time the disagreement leads to separation. Until Holly's mother springs her plan to move them to Des Moines, the two of them had...
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Jan Greenberg, Author, Sandra Jane Jordan, Joint Author . Dell/Yearling $6.99 (132p) ISBN 978-0-440-41917-4
With their characteristic meticulous research in evidence, the co-authors trace the life of the artist from his birth in the Netherlands to his final days in Auvers, putting forth a few factors that could have led to his suicide. A 16-page inset...
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Jan Greenberg, Author, Sandra Jane Jordan, Joint Author DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) $10.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-7894-2658-1
According to PW's boxed review, ""This beautiful and inspiring book, an ideal example of an artist biography, inspires readers to consider the possibilities of their own creativity."" Ages 8-12. (June)
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Jan Greenberg, Author, Sandra Jane Jordan, Joint Author, Robert Andrew Parker, Illustrator , illus. by Robert Andrew Parker. Millbrook/Roaring Brook $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7613-1682-4
Nicknamed "Action Jackson" for his kinetic style, abstract artist Jackson Pollack takes the spotlight in this outstanding picture book biography. Collaborators Greenberg and Jordan (Chuck Close: Up Close) frame their account around a...
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Jan Greenberg, Author, Sandra Jordan, Author . Delacorte $16.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-385-73056-3
Biographers Greenberg and Jordan (who teamed up for Chuck Close Up Close
and Action Jackson
) give a personable account of "the wiggy artist from Pittsburgh." In this generous book, which makes the artist's eccentricities seem more...
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Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, illus. by Brian Floca, Roaring Brook/Flash Point/Porter, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-59643-338-0
Greenberg and Jordan (Action Jackson; Christo and Jeanne-Claude) continue to carve out their art-focused niche with this inspired book about collaboration. The now classic 1944 ballet, Appalachian Spring, serves as a fine model, showcasing three...
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Jan Greenberg, Author, Sandra Jane Jordan, With Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $19.95 (128p) ISBN 978-0-385-30902-8
A sequel to the authors' artfully simple guide to appreciating American postwar painting ( The Painter's Eye ), this survey of American sculpture attempts more and accomplishes less. Thirty-five works by 25 stellar artists--including Isamu Noguchi,...
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Jan Greenberg, Author, Sandra Jane Jordan, With, Delacorte Press, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $9.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-385-32040-5
In what PW called ``an ingeniously choreographed duet of text and image,'' the authors focus on essential elements of painting (line, shape, color), ultimately ``embracing the wellspring of art.'' Ages 10-up. (May)
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Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan. Roaring Brook/Porter, $19.99 (64p) ISBN 978-1-62672-520-1
Greenberg and Jordan profile photographer Cindy Sherman in an intimate biography that traces a path that began with an ordinary childhood in Long Island, N.Y., where she “love[d] playing dress-up and pretending to be someone else,” and led her to...
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Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, illus. by Hadley Hooper. Holiday House/Porter, $21.99 (64p) ISBN 978-0-8234-4170-9
Greenberg and Jordan (Meet Cindy Sherman) continue their impressive series of artist biographies with an account of 20th-century sculptor Alberto Giacometti and his brother Diego. The two grew up in Switzerland, born only a year apart, Alberto...
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